{"id":77332,"date":"2026-02-23T20:05:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T18:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?page_id=77332"},"modified":"2026-10-01T21:14:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:14:44","slug":"aliona-kardash","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/aliona-kardash\/","title":{"rendered":"Aliona Kardash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n    <div id=\"lead-in-block_89a868b8cf673c831ae1943ccb376945\" class=\"block-lead-in typo--soehne font-size--xl has-spacing--s width--default\">\n        <h1>Aliona Kardash<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block has-spacing--none\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block__column--left\">\n    \n    <figure class=\"block-photo post__image--half-left has-spacing--m no-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"post__image__container\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AlionaKardash-768x768.jpeg\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AlionaKardash-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AlionaKardash-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AlionaKardash-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AlionaKardash-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AlionaKardash-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AlionaKardash-1400x1400.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AlionaKardash-1050x1050.jpeg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AlionaKardash-670x670.jpeg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AlionaKardash-420x420.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AlionaKardash-350x350.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AlionaKardash-52x52.jpeg 52w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AlionaKardash-68x68.jpeg 68w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AlionaKardash-96x96.jpeg 96w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AlionaKardash.jpeg 1800w\"\n                width=\"768\" \n                height=\"768\"\n                alt=\"\" \n            \/>\n            \n                    <\/div><!-- post__image__container -->\n\n        \n    <\/figure><!-- post__image -->\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"pinned-block__column--right\">\n    \n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--default wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Teaching areas:<\/strong> Int. Class \u2013 Photo Project<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--default wp-block-paragraph\">Aliona Kardash (born 1990) is a documentary photographer from Siberia who lives in Hamburg. She is a member of the DOCKS collective and is represented by the agency laif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--default wp-block-paragraph\">Aliona studied journalism at Tomsk State University in Russia, graduating with a bachelor\u2019s degree. In 2017 she studied photography in the International Class at Hochschule Hannover. Since 2019 she has been a master\u2019s student at Fachhochschule Dortmund. In 2022 she received the stern scholarship and worked for a year as a photojournalist for stern magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"post__paragraph is-style-typo--soehne has-spacing--default wp-block-paragraph\">In her photographic work she often draws on her own biography, searching personal stories for universal patterns. She explores cultural and national identity, people\u2019s connection to their past and shared roots.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"btn-wrapper has-spacing--m\">\n        <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/lecturers\/\" target=\"_blank\">ALL LECTURERS<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-spacing--default has-spacing--default\">\n<div class=\"devider has-spacing--none\">\n    <hr>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <div class=\"headline-block has-spacing--xs\">\n\n        <h2 class=\"post__headline\">Recommended by the editors<\/h2>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n        <div class=\"teaser-grid grid-layout--3col has-spacing--s width--inline\">\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/final-projects\/julia-bellack-body-donation\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Final projects<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                Body donation for medical school.                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>Julia Bellack&#8217;s Bachelor&#8217;s thesis is about future doctors in the dissection course.<\/p>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <\/div><!-- .post-teaser__content -->\r\n\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                            <figure class=\"post-teaser__image\">\r\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  \r\n                                    src=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/julia-bellack-vgh-768x512.jpeg\" \r\n                                    srcset=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/julia-bellack-vgh-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/julia-bellack-vgh-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/julia-bellack-vgh-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/julia-bellack-vgh-1050x700.jpeg 1050w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/julia-bellack-vgh-670x447.jpeg 670w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/julia-bellack-vgh-420x280.jpeg 420w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/julia-bellack-vgh-350x233.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/julia-bellack-vgh.jpeg 1200w\" \r\n                                    width=\"768\"  \r\n                                    height=\"512\" \r\n                                    alt=\"\"\r\n                                \/>\r\n                            <\/figure>\r\n\r\n                        \r\n                    \r\n                    <\/a>\r\n\r\n                <\/article><!--- .post-teaser-->\r\n\r\n            \r\n                <article class=\"post-teaser\">\r\n\r\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/traces\/the-wolf-is-a-problem-that-can-be-solved\/\" rel=\"permalink\">\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"post-teaser__content\">\r\n\r\n                            <span class=\"entry-categories\">Traces<\/span>\r\n                            <h3 class=\"post-teaser__headline\">\r\n                                \u2018The wolf is a problem that can be solved\u2019                            <\/h3>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"post-teaser__excerpt\">\r\n                                <p>Protect or shoot? 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